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Beechcraft Defense Company Secures $210M Air Force Contract for 35 T-6 Military Training Aircraft
Contract represents 19th production lot since JPATS deliveries began in 2000
Beechcraft Defense Company today announced it has signed a contract with the U.S. Air Force for the production of 35 T-6 training aircraft, with an option for two additional… Continue reading
Indian Air Force plans to replace its ageing Avro 748 Andover Fleet
India has set the ball rolling for another mega defence deal by floating the global tender for over Rs 13,000-crore acquisition of 56 transport aircraft to replace the ageing Avro 748 Andover fleet of the Indian Air Force.
The tender, or request… Continue reading
Alenia Aermacchi: First upgraded Tornado ECR delivered to Italian Air Force
Alenia Aermacchi, in collaboration with BAE Systems and Cassidian, its Panavia consortium partners, has delivered the first upgraded Tornado ECR (Electronic Combat/ Reconnaissance) to the Italian Air Force. Alenia Aermacchi, as technical and program leader, is in the process of… Continue reading
Boeing Delivers Wright-Patterson Air Force Bases 1st C-17 Training Center
ST. LOUIS, May 7, 2013 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] has delivered a training center for the C-17 Globemaster III airlifter to the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, enabling the base to cut costs by training… Continue reading
Boeing Rolls Out 1st F-15SA for Royal Saudi Air Force
Latest international F-15 variant brings enhanced mission capability at lower life-cycle cost
Boeing today rolled out the F-15SA, ushering in a new era in fighter aircraft capability and affordability for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The F-15SA, the newest variant… Continue reading
Iraq to Receive Final Three C-130Js
MARIETTA, Ga., April 29, 2013 – The Iraqi Air Force (IQAF) is set to receive its final three Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] C-130J Super Hercules airlifters. Aircraft number 5721 was the first of these aircraft to be ferried from Lockheed… Continue reading
Russian Air Force pilot flew a PAK FA test mission for the first time
Moscow, April 25. Air Force pilot of the Chkalov Flight Test Center made a PAK FA test flight for the first time. The plane took off the airfield of the M.M.Gromov Flight Research Institute in the city of Zhukovsky (Moscow… Continue reading
BAe 146 C.MK 3 aircraft delivered to the UK Royal Air Force
MAJOR CONVERSION PROGRAMME INCLUDES ENHANCED INTERIOR FLEXIBILITY WITH FOUR DIFFERENT INTERIOR OPTIONS
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has delivered on time and on budget two BAe 146-200QC (Quick Change) aircraft that have been converted from commercial to military configuration for use… Continue reading
Russian Air Force Approves New Bomber Design
MOSCOW, April 11 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian Air Force has approved the conceptual design and specification of its future PAK-DA strategic bomber, paving the way for development of components for the aircraft, Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Viktor Bondarev… Continue reading
Rockwell Collins part of team providing aircraft, training and support for U.S. Air Force Light Air Support Mission
Rockwell Collins will provide navigation and communication equipment for A-29 Super Tucano aircraft
Rockwell Collins today announced that it is part of the supplier network tapped by the U.S. Air Force under its recently awarded Light Air Support (LAS) contract.… Continue reading
Boeing Delivers FAB-T Test Units to US Air Force
Wideband communications terminals to undergo laboratory and airborne evaluationsHUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., April 9, 2013 – The Boeing [NYSE: BA] Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) wideband communications program has entered a new phase by delivering the first two… Continue reading
Royal Air Force 95 years-old today
It was Prime Minister David Lloyd George who, with General Jan Smuts, identified the need for what was to become the world’s first independent air force, partly in response to German Zeppelin raids on London in 1916-17.
The result was… Continue reading